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From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jirislaby@gmail.com, Tomaz Mertelj <tomaz.mertelj@guest.arnes.si>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] HWMON: amc6821, fix lock imbalance
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:02:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100116110257.498f2cd0@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1263634081-6644-1-git-send-email-jslaby@suse.cz>

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:28:01 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Stanse found a lock imbalance in set_fan1_div. data->update_lock
> is unlocked twice on a fail path.
> 
> Triggerable by writing value other than 2 and 4 to fan1_div.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> Cc: Tomaz Mertelj <tomaz.mertelj@guest.arnes.si>
> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c b/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
> index 1c89d92..fa9708c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
> @@ -686,7 +686,6 @@ static ssize_t set_fan1_div(
>  		data->fan1_div = 4;
>  		break;
>  	default:
> -		mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
>  		count = -EINVAL;
>  		goto EXIT;
>  	}

Patch pending in my queue already.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jdelvare/linux-2.6/jdelvare-hwmon/hwmon-amc6821-double-unlock-bug.patch

But thanks for reporting anyway.

-- 
Jean Delvare

      reply	other threads:[~2010-01-16 10:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-16  9:28 [PATCH 1/1] HWMON: amc6821, fix lock imbalance Jiri Slaby
2010-01-16 10:02 ` Jean Delvare [this message]

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